An active front over the south of the South Island is moving north Thursday night and Friday. The front is preceded by moist, gale to severe gale northwesterlies, and followed by a change to cold southerlies. Related : A State of Emergency Has Been Declared for the Gore District Warnings and Watches

Heavy rainfall since early this morning is causing significant surface flooding throughout the District. At the time of writing 72mm had fallen. In Gore and Mataura the stormwater/wastewater network has been overwhelmed, causing surface flooding and water to threaten homes. No-one has had to be evac

Marshall’s Garage in Wyndham has had a lengthy association with the Wyndham Rally and that relationship will continue when the MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally takes place on Saturday 7 October. The garage sponsored the rally for many years when it was owned by Roger and Margaret Marshall i

It will be a night to remember for four lucky Lotto players from Whangārei, Auckland, and Porirua after each winning $250,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Sunnyside Foodmarket in Whangārei, Rathgar Road Discount Foodmart in Auckland, Beachl

Southern motorsport fans are in for a treat when Round 2 of the spectacular Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series takes place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this Saturday (23 September). The day will feature a 3 Hour race as well as two 1 Hour races for various classes with cars suc

They came with signs and picketed at The Crescent in Invercargill for better pay – some Awanui lab workers are only getting minimum wage. In Wellington they are also protesting outside Awanui’s big Co-Lab sector forum, and are looking for all the support they can get. Union representative Karen Eliz

Seven Southern Institute of Technology  creative arts students have recently returned from a successful trip to the Kiwi Interactive Showcase, part of the New Zealand Game Developers‘ Conference, held in Wellington on September 1- 2, where they introduced a newly developed game to industry and the p

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